M2.0 earthquake 14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 22, 1987, 4:30 AM HST (14:30 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 12 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-22 14:30:58 UTC
- Depth
- 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.370° N, 155.344° W
- Region
- Hawaii
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 32
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14417 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.012 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14417 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.84 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.43 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14414 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14414 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.410 km N of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 14414 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.143 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14414 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.721 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14414 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14413 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14413 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14412 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14412 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14411 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14411 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14411 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.511 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14410 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.99 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14409 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14409 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14409 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14409 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.67 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14408 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14407 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14407 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.62 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14406 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14406 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14406 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14405 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14405 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14405 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.822 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14404 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14404 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.512 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14404 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14404 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14403 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14403 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.310 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14403 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14403 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14403 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.621 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14402 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.619 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14402 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14402 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14402 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.410 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.013 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14401 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14400 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14400 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.913 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14400 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14399 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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